The journey of Yolngu artist Dhambit Mununggurr

Sarah Matthews
Updated October 18 2021 - 10:37am, first published October 15 2021 - 6:00pm
ART JOURNEY: Dhambit Mununggurr has been painting in her signature blue acrylic for only a few years, after a car accident in 2007 left her with serious brain damage and almost took her life. Image: Rhett Hammerton/NGV
ART JOURNEY: Dhambit Mununggurr has been painting in her signature blue acrylic for only a few years, after a car accident in 2007 left her with serious brain damage and almost took her life. Image: Rhett Hammerton/NGV

At a table among a lush tropical garden on an island off the Gove Peninsula, Dhambit Mununggurr sits painting all day on almost anything she can find - board, bark, or straight onto the base of a large tree.

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Sarah Matthews

Sarah Matthews

Northern Territory Correspondent

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